Abortion is one of the most polarizing topics when it comes to government funded healthcare. One of the generalizations is that all Catholics are against abortion; I always knew that Nancy Pelosi was pro-choice, but it is news to me that she claims to be Catholic. Later on in the section, Altman discusses how Obama and the Democrats wanted to avoid getting involved with abortion because he knew that it is a polarizing issue that has nothing to do with which party one is affiliated with. Altman refers to the fact that there were about 40 democrats that would turn down the bill if there was not more compromise on the abortion section of the bill. I thought it was interesting that Altman brings up how congress essentially used smoke and mirrors to try and convince the Catholics and other pro-life organizations that they would not be paying for other people to have abortions. The abortion topic comes down to whether or not it is a right to have a child aborted. Some say that abortion decreases crime rate and helps the economy and others project its lack of morality. I think that abortions are a case by case scenario because their are so many different situations that we could never imagine of. Altman discusses how many folks do not support government funded abortions because they would be paying into a system that they do not foresee themselves ever taking advantage of.